GlobalComm Exam #3
Characteristic of Popular Culture
1) Differs from folk culture 2) It is everywhere 3) It is ubiquitous 4) It is produced by culture industries
Law of Jante
10 rules from Switzerland. To make yourself humble and think you are not better than anyone else
Cosmopolitan communication
A notion of ethically working with and through cultural differences and power inequities to achieve understanding, intercultural growth, mutuality, and social and global justice through critical self-transformation
Facilitated intergroup dialogue
A peace-building approach, involving civic leaders and general public, focused on listening and speaking, not to persuade but to clarify.
Sir Elvis
A popular country music singer in Kenya
Attitudes
An individual's opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas—how the person feels about the world.
Intercultural alliances
Bonds between individuals in groups across cultures characterized by a shared recognition of power and the impact of history and by an orientation of affirmation
Compromise Style of Conflict Resolution
Both partners give up some part of their culture
Dialogue
Conversation that is slow, careful, and full of feeling
Cultural imperialism
Dominance of US culture across the world
Cultural Imperialism
Domination through the spread of cultural production
Which of the following is true about forgiveness and intercultural relationships?
Forgiveness can sometimes help reconcile intercultural problems because, after forgiving, people will no longer be consumed by the wrongs that others have done to them.
Cosmopolitan communication
Global binding of people together, makes us more alike, actions of one country affects the others
Why is linguistic knowledge important to intercultural communication competence?
It increases one's empathy for culturally different individuals.
Identify a true statement about facilitated intergroup dialogue.
It involves the general population and civic leaders
Jew in a Box
Jewish person in a box willing to answer questions
Evan Osnos Korean Culture vs Chinese Culture
Korean more successful at making pop culture
Naked tourism
Many tourist get naked in front of different religious statues
Shafia family
Murdered family of four because they moved to Canada and didn't respect muslim background
Cultural texts
Pop Culture messages (TV Shows, magazines, other media)
Tay Tweets
Robot that tweeted out racist stuff
Guanxi
The Chinese practice of building networks for social exchange
Motivation
The desire to make a commitment in a relationship
Conflict
The interference between two or more individuals or group of people who perceive incompatible goals
Similarity principal
The notion that people are attracted to those who are most similar to themselves
Knowledge
The quality of knowing about ones self
How can the practice of dialogue help someone become a better intercultural communicator?
True dialogue reflects feelings of mutual equality and supportiveness that helps us really hear the voices of those who come from other cultures.
Experiences or conversations that move a relationship either forward or backward are known as _____, a theme in intercultural relationships.
Turning points
Unconscious competence
When interaction is going well, but one doesn't have to think about why, as the various aspects of intercultural communication are being used unconsciously
conscious incomptence
When one is aware the conversation isnt going well but they dont know why
Gabrielle Dyer
Wrote about being a Fat woman in France
D.I.E Excersise
a device that helps us determine if we are communicating at a descriptive, interpretive, and evaluative
Intermediary
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
indirect approach
a view that the best way to approach conflict is to use vague and nonspecific language
restraint approach
a view that the best way to deal with conflict is by hiding or suppressing feelings and emotion
emotionally expressive approach
a view that the best way to deal with conflict is by overt displays of feeling
Direct approach
a view that the best way to deal with conflict is to use precise and specific language
Nonjudgementalism
being open-minded; willing to examine diverse perspectives
obliteration style
both partners attempt to erase their individual cultures in dealing with cultural differences
engagement style
combines the direct and emotional expressive approaches to conflict
discussion style
combines the direct and emotional restrained approaches to conflict
Dynamic style
combines the indirect and emotional expressive approaches to conflict
accomodating style
combines the indirect and emotional restrained manner
Facework
communication strategies used to "save" our own or someone else's "face" or public image
intercultural communication
communication that occurs in interactions between people who are culturally different
intercultural conflict
conflict between two or more cultural groups
Media imperialism
domination or control through media
electronic colonialism
domination or exploitation utilizing technological forms
Lex talionis
eye for an eye
Cognitive consistency
having a logical connection between existing knowledge and a new stimulus
Cultural learning
how socialization occurs within a culture
incompatibility
incapable of existing harmoniously
Culture industries
industries that produce and sell popular culture as commodities
line of sight
information about other people's identity based upon visible physical characteristics
Romantic relationships
intimate relationships that comprise love, involvement, sharing, openness, connectedness, and so on
other-knowledge
knowledge about how people from other cultures think and behave that will also help you be a more effective communicator
Linguistic knowledge
knowledge of other languages besides one's native language or of the difficulty of learning a second or third language
Relational learning
learning that comes from a particular relationship but generalizes to other contexts
interdependent
mutually dependent
Submission style
one partner yields to the other partner's cultural patterns, abandoning or denying his or her own culture
social movements
organized activities in which individuals work together to bring about social change
vespasienne/ uritroittoir
outdoor urinal
Consensus style
partners deal with cross-cultural differences by negotiating their relationship
Who tends to be most influenced by popular culture portrayals of another cultural group?
people who have limited experience with the other group
Reader Profiles
portrayals of readership demographics prepared by magazines (Age, Location, Gender)
Meditation
the act of resolving conflict by having someone intervene between two parties
self-disclosure
the act of revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others High self disclosure:
Pacifism
the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.
High Culture
the cultural patterns of a society's elite
Tolerance for ambiguity
the ease with which an individual copes with situations in which a great deal is unknown
intimacy
the extent of emotional closeness
Globalization
the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Transpection
the process of empathizing across cultures
Decoding
the process of interpreting a message
Encoding
the processing of creating a message for others to understand
Stage Model
the view that relationships develop in predictable phases over time
Folk Culture
traditional and non mainstream cultural activities that are not financially driven
self-knowledge
what people believe about themselves
unconscious incompetence
when one communicates without adapting their communication style and not thinking about why it may not be effective
conscious competence
when one is aware that interaction is going well and understands why
Peacebuilding
working toward stability in a region to prevent conflicts from escalating into war
Popular Culture
(Low Culture) Cultural products that most people share and know about (TV, Music, Shows)
Community engagement
active engagement with communities to improve the lives of those in that particular group, by working together
Recognizing and accepting that another person might have beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes different from our own is part of _____, a challenge in intercultural relationships.
affirming another's cultural identity
The critical approach to intercultural communication competence reminds us that:
an individuals' competence must be viewed within larger political, economic, and historical forces.
Empathy
an understanding of another's feelings